Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a security threat detection and incident response tool. It allows companies to transcend typical detective controls by collecting specific forms of telemetry to reveal security threats across different data sources and provide response actions for faster and better results.
XDR, also referred to as Hybrid XDR or Open XDR combines the following tools:
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
- Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Crowd Work Protection (CWP)
- Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) among others
XDR eliminates the silos between security stacks, which produces accurate results within a shorter period.
What is XDR
XDR is a security solution that consolidates multiple security products to collect security telemetry from multiple sources such as cloud workloads, endpoints, and network email. The data is filtered and condensed into a single console through the XDR platform to reveal advanced adversaries. Security teams can use the data collected through XDR to remediate security threats across multiple domains from one unified solution. This makes work for the security team easier and more efficient.
Types of XDR
- Hybrid or Open XDR: vendor agnostic and can integrate data from multiple sources and solution providers.
- Closed or Native XDR: integrates tools from one security vendor
Why is Open XDR important?
Organizations today are faced with threats in different forms more regularly. As such, they rely on different tools from various security vendors to ensure that their enterprises are secure from such threats. While multiple security tools play a significant role in maintaining security, they can be inefficient and ineffective without some form of unified action.
In addition to the inefficiency of dealing with one security tool at a time, there is also the issue of data collected from multiple security tools. The data is quite extensive and security teams risk losing valuable information as they go through that mound of data.
Open XDR unites the telemetry from various security tools, from a different vendors to put in in single view. This gives security teams access to a wealth of information that is easy to review. Security teams can then detect significant threats and provide a solution that works across different security tools.
The better visibility, improved detection, and fast response time make security in the organization more effective without adding complexity to the security stack.
Benefits of using Open XDR
- You can unite different telemetry from multiple security vendors into a single view. This eliminates the need to invest in unnecessary tools and ensures that an enterprise can invest in tools that meet its needs.
- No vendor lock-in means that an organization can implement better solutions from different providers at any time.
- Organizations have the advantage of choosing the best security tools for their enterprise even if these tools are from different vendors.
- With a single view of security threats, organizations can configure and integrate different security tools within this master view without the need to rip and replace existing solutions.
- The single view of the enterprise’s security telemetry makes work more efficient and improves the performance of the security tools.
What to look for in an XDR platform
Data: how does the xdr use cases ingest and centralize data?
Platform: are there any platform limitations?
User experience: is the user experience intuitive and engaging?
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